Human microRNA sequencing and cytomegalovirus infection risk after kidney transplantation

Copyright © 2024 American Society of Transplantation & American Society of Transplant Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved..

Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-seropositive kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) with detectable CMV-specific cell-mediated immunity according to the QuantiFERON-CMV assay (QTF-CMV) are expected to have adequate immune protection. Nevertheless, a proportion of patients still develop CMV infection. Human microRNAs (hsa-miRNAs) are promising biomarkers owing to their high stability and easy detection. We performed whole blood miRNA sequencing in samples coincident with the first reactive QTF-CMV after transplantation or cessation of antiviral prophylaxis to investigate hsa-miRNAs differentially expressed according to the occurrence of CMV infection. One-year incidence of CMV viremia was 55.0% (median interval from miRNA sequencing sampling of 29 days). After qPCR validation, we found that hsa-miR-125a-5p was downregulated in KTRs developing CMV viremia within the next 90 days (ΔCt: 7.9 ± 0.9 versus 7.3 ± 1.0; P = .011). This difference was more evident among KTRs preemptively managed (8.2 ± 0.9 versus 6.9 ± 0.8; P < .001), with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.865. Functional enrichment analysis identified hsa-miR-125a-5p targets involved in cell cycle regulation and apoptosis, including the BAK1 gene, which was significantly downregulated in KTRs developing CMV viremia. In conclusion, hsa-miR-125a-5p may serve as biomarker to identify CMV-seropositive KTRs at risk of CMV reactivation despite detectable CMV-CMI.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - (2024) vom: 02. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fernández-Ruiz, Mario [VerfasserIn]
López-García, Ángela [VerfasserIn]
Valverde-Manso, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Parra, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-Goncer, Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz-Merlo, Tamara [VerfasserIn]
López-Medrano, Francisco [VerfasserIn]
González, Esther [VerfasserIn]
Polanco, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
San Juan, Rafael [VerfasserIn]
Andrés, Amado [VerfasserIn]
Aguado, José María [VerfasserIn]
Redondo, Natalia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers
Cytomegalovirus
Journal Article
Kidney transplantation
MiR-125a-5p
MicroRNAs
RNA-sequencing

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Date Revised 18.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1016/j.ajt.2024.01.028

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368192032